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- DOCUMENT:Q111662 22-FEB-1994 [W_NT]
- TITLE :Command Prompt Settings Unavailable After Membership Change
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:buglist3.10
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- SYMPTOMS
- ========
-
- If you create a user account and assign it to be a member of the
- Administrators group, custom settings for Command Prompt under this account
- will not be accessible if the user account is later removed from the
- Administrators group.
-
- CAUSE
- =====
-
- If you start Command Prompt (CMD) from Task Manager, a command prompt
- window with the title CMD.EXE is created. Any custom settings that you make
- to this window (such as size, position, or colors) are saved to a key in
- the Registry with the same name as the command prompt window's title. This
- key can be found under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console. The permissions on this
- key grant Full Control to Administrators and System only if you are a
- member of the Administrators group. Your user name is not given direct
- permissions to the key. Consequently, if you are removed from the
- Administrators group, you no longer have the necessary rights to access or
- change the custom settings key for Command Prompt.
-
- RESOLUTION
- ==========
-
- In order to get permission to access or change the settings for a command
- prompt again, follow this procedure:
-
- WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious, system-wide
- problems that may require you to reinstall Windows NT to correct them.
- Microsoft cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from the use of
- Registry Editor can be solved. Use this tool at your own risk.
-
- 1. Make the user name in question a member of the Administrators group
- again. Then log on as that user.
-
- 2. Start Registry Editor.
-
- 3. Go to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console key. All the keys that have been
- created to hold custom settings for Command Prompt are under this key.
-
- 4. Highlight the key the user needs access to and choose Permissions from
- the Security menu. Remember the custom settings are stored in the key
- name that is the same as the Command Prompt window title.
-
- 5. Add the user name to the permission list with Full Control access.
-
- 6. Close Registry Editor.
-
- When the user is removed from the Administrators group, they will still
- have access to this Command Prompt configuration key.
-
- STATUS
- ======
-
- Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT and Windows NT
- Advanced Server version 3.1. We are researching this problem and will post
- new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes
- available.
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10
- KBCategory:
- KBSubCategory: scrty
-
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